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Peer reviewedGardner, David C.; Gardner, Paula L. – Adolescence, 1978
Students in a remedial resource room program were assigned spelling and vocabulary tasks under a goal-setting/no-goal-setting procedure to see if goal setting behaviors facilitate learning. Results supported Rotter's social learning theory and the use of unobtrusive goal-setting procedures in special education classes. (SJL)
Descriptors: Goal Orientation, High Schools, Learning Disabilities, Learning Theories
